Qin Shi: I went astray in the Heavenly Sect

Chapter 6 The Bronze Sword is Cold, the Orphan Slays Evil

"Click~~"

Chen Xiuyuan looked up through the crack in the door and saw streaks of lightning crackling across the dim sky, like giant silver pythons tearing through the heavens, instantly illuminating the entire sky.

"The world is full of injustice; let blood ignite thunder."

Looking at the spectacular sight in the sky, a sentence suddenly popped into his mind.

"How fitting for the occasion!"

Chen Xiuyuan's gaze swept outside. The rain soaked the villagers' corpses, and the blood mixed with the rainwater, turning the small place blood red.

To be honest, he wasn't a compassionate person, but seeing this scene still deeply moved him.

The chaos of the world, the cruelty of human nature, the fragility of life—as scenes from history unfolded before him, he suddenly realized that every place seemed like a story.

But each story is so heavy that historians have had to simplify them into a few numbers or gloss over them with a brief, understated style.

"There are five more."

After a moment of silence, Chen Xiuyuan slowly exhaled, and his mind returned to a calm state.

Thoughts began to unfold in his mind again. With this experience, he could roughly compare his current strength to that of an adult, and he had not used his full strength when he knocked that man away.

He had seven arrows and a short dagger at his disposal. There were five other people opposite him, in five separate rooms, two of which contained two women.

Then, as if he had thought of something, he went to the man he had killed. He first looked the man up and down, then reached out and groped around the man's chest, waist, and back.

A moment later, his eyes lit up as he saw Chen Xiuyuan draw a sword from behind him—a sword that looked rather heavy.

"A bronze sword?"

Chen Xiuyuan frowned as he looked at the sword in his hand. Iron should have been in use at this time, but then he thought that this place was too remote and that it was good enough to have a bronze sword.

He held it in his hand and weighed it in his hand. It felt about the same as holding a wooden ruler. Then he shook his head. He had been a little conservative in his estimation of his strength. The longsword was about three feet long, with a slightly thick blade. It was made of bronze and he estimated that it should weigh about three pounds, but it felt like nothing to him.

Chen Xiuyuan placed what he could use on the ground and glanced outside. The houses chosen by the remaining five people were not adjacent, but they were not far apart.

If I were to face any one of them now, I would be 80% confident that I could take them down by surprise. After all, these people would never expect that a child would have such outrageous strength.

But if the other side attacks all at once, the situation might be different.

We must defeat them one by one.

Chen Xiuyuan narrowed his eyes, having determined the general strategy for his next move. His location was at the entrance of the village, quite far from those houses.

"And those two rooms with women inside, we'll deal with them last."

The two rooms with women inside were making too much noise. If they suddenly stopped making noise, the others would probably become suspicious. Therefore, he needed to deal with the people in those two rooms last.

"We must be quick and prevent them from making any noise, or at least not too loudly."

The torrential rain and thunder outside provided the best cover. Because of the downpour, people would close the doors after entering the houses. Although these mud houses had windows, they were very small, and trying to observe the outside through the windows was nothing short of wishful thinking.

There was also the action of closing the door, which he deduced from the actions of the man he had killed. The man had closed the door the moment he entered the house, probably worried that the rain outside would blow in. "Now there are only a few of them in the village. If I knock on the door, there's a high probability that they will come and open it."

"That moment was the opportunity."

Chen Xiuyuan's eyes flashed. From what the one-eyed man had said, Chen Xiuyuan knew that this group of people were from the same village.

With no movement outside, the door rang. These people probably wouldn't suspect it was anyone else, so his current plan is feasible.

In terms of height, he is currently only the size of a child, while these people are all adult men. Although they are not as tall and strong as people in modern society, they are roughly estimated to be around 1.7 meters tall. With only one strike available, he must ensure that this strike can cause fatal damage or prevent the opponent from speaking.

Chen Xiuyuan finalized each deduction, his gaze growing colder, yet his hands becoming increasingly steady.

"As expected, that place is still the most suitable~~"

Several specific locations flashed through Chen Xiuyuan's mind, such as the Adam's apple, the triangle area of ​​the chin, the sides of the neck, the temples, and the heart, but he ultimately ruled them out as his first choice. Although these locations were nice, they did not fit the current situation.

If he were an adult with that kind of strength, he might not have had to do much to deal with these people, but not now.

However, he had other options. Just like before, he remembered that there had been related studies in modern society. The pain level generated when the testicles were ruptured was equivalent to the pain of giving birth to 160 children or breaking 2300 bones at the same time. This kind of excruciating pain is generally difficult for the human body to bear, so the body will automatically adjust. As for the outcome, it is neurogenic shock.

This method would indeed be inappropriate for dealing with ordinary people, but Chen Xiuyuan had fewer concerns when dealing with these vicious bandits.

Chen Xiuyuan tore a piece of cloth from the thug lying on the ground, wrapped it simply around his right hand, then tucked the short sword into his lower back. He gently pushed open the door and crouched down as he went out.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

A soft knock sounded, barely noticeable amidst the thunder outside.

A voice came from inside the house.

Who is it?

Then came the sound of footsteps. Outside the door, a short figure stood motionless in the middle left.

"His mother."

The moment the door opened, the sound seemed to be cut off. Chen Xiuyuan supported the other person's limp body against the wall, and then followed the same finishing move to take down the second person.

All of this went unnoticed by anyone, thanks to the cover of the thunder.

After a short rest, Chen Xiuyuan knocked on the second door.

This time, however, there was no answer, only the sound of footsteps. The rain outside continued to pour down, preventing anyone else from peeping.

The door remained open, and the outcome was already predetermined.

It was the man who had spoken to the one-eyed man earlier, but before he could recover, excruciating pain overwhelmed his mind, and he fainted due to the body's self-protection mechanism. Chen Xiuyuan, without any distraction, dragged the man back inside.

"There are three more."

(End of this chapter)